devin-handoff
Spin off parallel cloud Devin sessions. Hand off a task to a fresh cloud Devin session that runs in the background — each gets its own VM with shell, browser, and full repo access — so you can fan out several sessions at once and keep working locally while they run. Use for parallel or long-running work and anything needing Devin's full environment: multi-file changes, running servers, CI work, browser automation, migrations, or large refactors. Also an API for reading and interacting with current sessions — given a session URL or ID, the check/poll commands return its PR, status, branch, and
npx skills add club-cog/devin-handoff --skill devin-handoff --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Devin Handoff Hand off a task to Devin. Devin gets its own VM with shell, browser, and full repo access. You get a URL to watch progress, or can poll until the session completes. All `scripts/devin-handoff.sh` paths below are relative to this skill's directory. If installed as a Claude Code or Codex plugin, use `"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/.agents/skills/devin-handoff/scripts/devin-handoff.sh"`. ## Prerequisites - `DEVIN_API_KEY` env var (get one at https://app.devin.ai/settings/api-keys) - `curl`, `jq` in PATH - `git` (optional, for auto-detecting repo/branch/diff) ## When to use - Task needs a running server, database, or Docker - Task requires browser interaction (OAuth, screenshots, E2E tests) - Task involves CI/CD pipelines or deployments - Task is long-running and the user wants to continue locally - You need parallel execution on a separate machine ## Steps ### 1. Gather context From the current working directory: 1. **Repo**: Run `git remote get-url origin`, extract `owner/repo` 2. **Branch**: Run `git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD` 3. **Diff**: Run `git diff HEAD` (truncated to 100KB automatically) 4. **Task**: The user's request, concise and specific 5. **Context** (optional):
- Prerequisites
- When to use
- Steps
- 1. Gather context
- 2. Create the session
- 3. Report the URL and poll
- 4. Archive when done (optional)
scripts/devin-handoff.sh create \ scripts/devin-handoff.sh poll SESSION_ID --interval 15 scripts/devin-handoff.sh archive SESSION_ID --org-id ORG_ID scripts/devin-handoff.sh poll SESSION_ID --interval 15 --archive --org-id ORG_ID
What does the devin-handoff skill do?
Spin off parallel cloud Devin sessions. Hand off a task to a fresh cloud Devin session that runs in the background — each gets its own VM with shell, browser, and full repo access — so you can fan out several sessions at once and keep working locally while they run. Use for parallel or long-running work and anything needing Devin's full environment: multi-file changes, running servers, CI work, browser automation, migrations, or large refactors. Also an API for reading and interacting with current sessions — given a session URL or ID, the check/poll commands return its PR, status, branch, and
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add club-cog/devin-handoff --skill devin-handoff --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From club-cog/devin-handoff, a repository with 54 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.